Automatic curd-agitator.



yNo. 894,649. PATENTED 'JULY 2s, 1,908.

- J. W. H,0GUE.

AUTOMATIG @URD AGITATOR. l

. 4, i `APPLICATION FILEI) JULY 2 1.907 I I 2 SHEETS`SHBET 2.

Slaven oz JOHN W. HOGUE, OF PERRY, NEW YORK.

. AUTOMATIC CURB-AGITATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Application led July 24,1907. Serial N o. 385,360.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. HOGUE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Perry, in the county of Wyoming and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic Curd-Agitators, ofwhich the following is a specification.y

This invention relates to curd agitators for making cheese, the objectbein to provide an agitator which will travel bac and forth in the vatautomatically. 4

Another object of m'y invention is to"pro vide an agitator which is verysimple and cheap in construction and one which is very effective in useas it can be readily applied to an ordinary vat.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts,hereinafter fully described -and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specificationz-Figure 1 is atopplan view of a cheese vat showing my improvement applied. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view o Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of theagitator. Fig.l 4 is a side view of the agitator partly broken away.Fig. 5 is an end view of the agitator.

Referring to the drawings A indicates an ordinary curd vat, B myimproved a itator arranged therein and C the endless ca le for operatingthe same.

Secured to the outside of the ends of the vat are spaced brackets D andE, provided with bearin s D', E', in which are mounted vertical sha ts Fand G. Grooved pulleys H and I are' secured on the respective shafts, inalinement with the top of the endsA of the vat, on which is mounted theendless cable C which is provided with s aced knots C, for the urposehereinafter ful) per end, over which passes a power belt J it of coursebeing-understood that the shaft can be driven by any other suitablemeans desired for operating the endless cable.

The agitator comprises a frame formed of a pair ,of'parallel bars Bconnected together at their ends by cross bars l?)2 which it snuglybetween the side of the vat so as to prevent the frame from beingtwisted when reciprocated. The cross bars B? are provided with dependinlegs K and K forming agitators. The legs are provided with thespring-shoes ly described. Thev sha lt F is provided with a pulley J atits up-v K which rest on the supports of the vat and i spring members Nand O which are securedl on op osite ends of the bars B2 and psojectinwar ly over the side runs of the ca le, so that the springs will belocked over the cable,

vso as to prevent the knots of the cable from passing under the same,thereby causing the frame to reciprocate in the vat. The angled ends ofthe bars being forced over and off the spring alternately by coming intocontact with upwardly projecting posts A/ of the end of the vat, so thatwhen the frame reaches the end of the vat, one spring will be releasedand allow the knot of the cable to ass under the same and the othersprin wi be locked so that the knot on the cab e going in the oppositedirection will be caught which will carry the agitator back against theother end of the vat when the aforesaid operation will be repeated. l

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a rece tacle, ofan endless cable mountedover sai receptacle and an agitator mounted insaid receptacle provided with means whereby said agitator will be lockedto the side runs of the cable, alternately.

2. The combination with a vat, of an agitator mounted in said vat, anendless cable mounted over said vat, and spring arms carried by saidagitator adapted to be locked over the side runs of the cablealternately, whereby the agitator will be reciprocated.

3. The combination with a vat, of an agitator mounted in said vatprovided with spring arms, of an endless cable mounted over said vat,and means for locking and releasing said spring over said cable,alternately.

4. The combination 4with a vat, of an agitator mounted in said vat, anendless cable mounted over said vat, and means for grasping said cablealternately, whereby said agitator will be reciprocated.

5. The combination with a vat, of an agitator mounted in said vat, armscarried by said agitator, an endless knotted cable mounted over saidvat, Working under said arms of the agitator, and automatic means forlocking and releasing said arms for the purpose described.

6. The combination with a vat, of an agitator mounted in said vat, anendless knotted cable mounted over said vat, spring arms carried by saidagitator extending over the side runs of the cable, and automatic meansfor locking-said spring arms alternately.

7. The combination with a vat, of an endless cable mounted over said vatprovided With spaced knots, an agitator mounted in said vat providedWith spring-arms extending over the side runs of the cable, and slidingand locking means carried by the agitator adapted to be operated byengaging the ends of the vat.

8. The combination with a vat, of an endless oable mounted over saidvat, provided u.with spaced knotsan agitator mounted in said vat, springarms mounted on opposite ends and sides of said agitator, extending overthe side runs of the cable and provided with beveled portions and a barslidably mounted in tlie agitator provided with outwardly projectingangled ends adapted to be forced over the beveled portion by coming intoengagement with the ends of the vat.

JOHN XV. HOGUE.

Titnesses ROY WALKER, RoBT. R. HOGUE.

